Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Beth Winter (Labour), on Tuesday, 9 February 2021, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 24 members in total.

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Christopher Kapessa

That this House stands in solidarity with the family of Christopher Kapessa, a 13 year old child, who died after being pushed into the River Cynon in South Wales on 1 July 2019; extends its sympathy to his family; has concerns about the South Wales Police investigation into Christopher’s death; expresses alarm at the Crown Prosecution Service decision that it was not in the public interest to seek a prosecution despite their own admission that sufficient evidence did exist to bring a charge of manslaughter; acknowledges the family’s assertion that the case has been marred by institutional racism; demands justice for Christopher and his family; and calls on the UK Government and others to recommit to learning the lessons from the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry and to challenge and root out systemic and structural racism within the criminal justice system.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1474 

Session

2019-21

Other sponsors

Jeremy Corbyn

Apsana Begum

Kim Johnson

Kate Osborne

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

Subjects

Kapessa, Christopher

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk